Introduction
Social Position in Adolescence and Associated Bullying Involvement
Current study
Method
Procedure
Participants
Measures
Bullying and victimization
Victim (incoming nominations) | Bully (incoming nominations) | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | T6 | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | T6 | |
M | 0.23 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.31 | 0.36 | 0.47 | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.42 |
0 | 686 (83.3%) | 716 (86.9%) | 721 (87.5%) | 700 (85.0%) | 691 (83.9%) | 645 (78.3%) | 641 (77.8%) | 627 (76.1%) | 556 (67.5%) | 626 (76.0%) | 661 (80.2%) | 556 (67.5%) |
1 | 112 (13.6%) | 81 (9.8%) | 79 (9.6%) | 81 (9.8%) | 101 (12.3%) | 150 (18.2%) | 126 (15.3%) | 142 (17.2%) | 185 (22.5%) | 142 (17.2%) | 128 (15.5%) | 182 (22.1%) |
2 | 11 (1.3%) | 21 (2.5%) | 15 (1.8%) | 35 (4.2%) | 21 (2.6%) | 15 (1.8%) | 46 (5.6%) | 34 (4.1%) | 58 (7.0%) | 46 (5.6%) | 26 (3.2%) | 68 (8.3%) |
>2 | 15 (1.8%) | 6 (0.7%) | 9 (1.0%) | 8 (1.0%) | 9 (1.1%) | 3 (0.3%) | 11 (1.3%) | 21 (2.5%) | 25 (3.0%) | 10 (1.2%) | 7 (0.8%) | 7 (0.8%) |
Social positions
Statistical Analyses
Results
Bullying and Victimization Trajectories
Victimization | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | AIC | BIC | aBIC | Entropy | LMRT | VLMRT | BLRT | |
1 | N = 824 I = 0.21** S = −0.03* Q = 0.01* | 8172.1 | 8214.5 | 8185.9 | |||||||||
2 | N = 32 I = 2.01** S = −0.22 Q = 0.00 | N = 792 I = 0.14** S = −0.03 Q = 0.01** | 7179.8 | 7241.1 | 7199.8 | 0.991 | 0.09 | 0.09 | <0.001 | ||||
3 | N = 19 I = 0.67* S = 0.84** Q = −0.17* | N = 787 I = 0.14** S = −0.03* Q = 0.01** | N = 18 I = 3.30** S = −1.50** Q = 0.21** | 6900.8 | 6981.0 | 6927.0 | 0.993 | 0.38 | 0.37 | <0.001 | |||
4 | N = 16 I = 2.02** S = 0.24 Q = −0.12* | N = 641 I = 0.09** S = 0.06** Q = −0.02** | N = 18 I = 1.07** S = −0.68** Q = 0.19** | N = 149 I = 0.45** S = −0.35** Q = 0.09** | 5908.6 | 6007.6 | 5940.9 | 0.995 | 0.15 | 0.15 | <0.001 | ||
5 | N = 15 I = 0.67** S = −0.52** Q = 0.16** | N = 638 I = 0.09** S = 0.06** Q = −0.01** | N = 3 I = 3.13** S = −1.53 Q = 0.33 | N = 151 I = 0.51** S = −0.37** Q = 0.01** | N = 17 I = 1.48** S = 0.55 Q = −0.17** | 3820.5 | 3938.4 | 3859.0 | 0.995 | 0.77 | 0.77 | <0.001 | |
6 | N = 142 I = 0.35** S = −0.31** Q = 0.09** | N = 639 I = 0.09** S = 0.05** Q = −0.01** | N = 3 I = 3.21** S = −1.62 Q = 0.34 | N = 16 I = 1.58* S = 0.47 Q = −0.16 | N = 9 I = 2.75* S = −1.11 Q = 0.15 | N = 15 I = 0.65** S = −0.50** Q = 0.15** | 3539.7 | 3676.4 | 3585.4 | 0.994 | 0.83 | 0.83 | <0.001 |
Bullying | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | AIC | BIC | aBIC | Entropy | LMRT | VLMRT | BLRT | |
1 | N = 824 I = 0.34** S = −0.01 Q = 0.00 | 10542.6 | 10585.0 | 10556.5 | |||||||||
2 | N = 763 I = 0.22** S = 0.00 Q = 0.00 | N = 61 I = 1.80** S = −0.05 Q = −0.01 | 9471.2 | 9532.5 | 9491.2 | 0.976 | 0.01 | 0.01 | <0.001 | ||||
3 | N = 54 I = 1.97** S = −0.77** Q = 0.10** | N = 730 I = 0.14** S = 0.04* Q = 0.00 | N = 40 I = 1.40** S = 0.41** Q = −0.08** | 9160.2 | 9240.3 | 9186.3 | 0.969 | 0.17 | 0.16 | <0.001 | |||
4 | N = 641 I = 0.00 S = 0.14** Q = −0,02** | N = 126 I = 1.00** S = −0.23** Q = 0.03** | N = 46 I = 2.00** S = −0.60** Q = 0.07** | N = 11 I = 3.45** S = −1.29** Q = 0.18** | 7621.2 | 7720.2 | 7653.5 | 1.000 | 0.81 | 0.81 | <0.001 | ||
5 | N = 36 I = 2.02** S = −0.88** Q = 0.09** | N = 129 I = 0.58** S = 0.19** Q = −0.02 | N = 7 I = 0.99* S = 0.79** Q = -0.06 | N = 629 I = 0.18** S = −0.06** Q = 0.00 | N = 26 I = 0.76** S = 0.54** Q = −0.06* | 6598.9 | 6716.8 | 6637.4 | 0.985 | 1.00 | 1.00 | <0.001 | |
6 | N = 641 I = 0.00 S = 0.13** Q = −0.02** | N = 4 I = 4.25** S = −1.71** Q = 0.21** | N = 20 I = 1.00** S = 0.53** Q = -0.08* | N = 7 I = 3.00** S = −1.06** Q = 0.16** | N = 106 I = 1.00** S = −0.37** Q = 0.05** | N = 46 I = 2.00** S = −0.61** Q = 0.07** | 5868.4 | 6005.1 | 5913.0 | 0.998 | 1.00 | 1.00 | <0.001 |
Joint Bullying and Victimization Trajectories
Combined bullying and victimization trajectories | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trajectory 1: Decreasing bully (N = 49) | Trajectory 2: High bully (N = 37) | Trajectory 3: Decreasing victim (N = 16) | Trajectory 4: Uninvolved (N = 722) | AIC 16454.8 | BIC 16638.6 | aBIC 16514.8 | Entropy 0.984 | |
Bullying | I = 2.11** S = −0.87** Q = 0.11** | I = 1.41** S = 0.37* Q = −0.07** | I = 0.39* S = 0.14 Q = −0.01 | I = 0.15** S = 0.04* Q = 0.00 | ||||
Victimization | I = 0.43** S = 0.04 Q = −0.02 | I = 0.31** S = −0.04 Q = 0.02 | I = 2.69** S = −0.51 Q = 0.04 | I = 0.14** S = −0.03* Q = 0.01** |
Joint Trajectories and Their Social Position
Variable | Decreasing bully [95% CI] | High bully [95% CI] | Decreasing victim [95% CI] | Uninvolved [95% CI] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Social position T1 (intercept) | ||||
Perceived popularity | 2.09 [0.31; 3.86]c | 3.52 [1.54; 5.50]c | −12.85 [−16.67; −9.03]a | −0.08 [−0.54; 0.38]b |
Dislike | 3.87 [2.71; 5.04]b | 3.37 [2.52; 4.22]b | 10.24 [7.26; 13.22]c | 1.44 [1.09; 1.78]a |
Like | 8.35 [7.17; 9.53]b | 9.22 [7.42; 11.02]b | 3.92 [3.16; 4.68]a | 9.40 [8.40; 10.40]b |
Best Friends | 5.13 [4.25; 6.01]b | 4.26 [3.28; 5.24]b | 0.91 [0.23; 1.60]a | 5.22 [4.77; 5.66]b |
Social position T6 (intercept) | ||||
Perceived popularity | 2.25 [0.96; 3.53]c | 3.35 [2.19; 4.51]c | −10.02 [−13.29; −6.74]a | −0.24 [−0.68; 0.20]b |
Dislike | 3.10 [2.22; 3.98]b | 3.99 [3.05; 4.93]b | 6.03 [4.65; 7.42]c | 1.92 [1.58; 2.25]a |
Like | 6.73 [5.40; 8.06]b | 7.37 [5.44; 9.29]b | 4.41 [3.07; 5.75]a | 8.22 [7.33; 9.10]b |
Best Friends | 4.19 [3.27; 5.11]b | 4.21 [3.20; 5.21]b | 1.86 [0.89; 2.83]a | 4.77 [4.39; 5.15]b |
Social position (linear slope) | ||||
Perceived popularity | 0.71 [−0.64; 2.05]a | −0.02 [−1.46; 1.41]a | −0.60 [−3.10; 1.91]a | 0.10 [−0.26; 0.47]a |
Dislike | −0.70 [−1.40; 0.01] | 0.86 [0.04; 1.67] | −0.34 [−2.24; 1.57] | 0.25 [0.12; 0.38] |
Like | −0.31 [−1.11; 0.50]a | −0.54 [−1.66; 0.59]a | 0.37 [−0.50; 1.24]a | 0.36 [0.12; 0.60]a |
Best Friends | 0.02 [−0.63; 0.68]a | 0.33 [−0.38; 1.04]a | −0.06 [−0.63; 0.51]a | 0.35 [0.19; 0.52]a |